Went to see 'The Imitation Game' at the weekend. Thought it was excellent Keira Knightly's character is a bit jolly hockey sticks but Bendidick Crumblesnatch is superb and the film avoids falling into the trap of sentimentalism that these films sometimes do.
A story for which Britain can be proud and ashamed in equal measure and well worth a watch.
Went to see 'The Imitation Game' at the weekend. Thought it was excellent Keira Knightly's character is a bit jolly hockey sticks but Bendidick Crumblesnatch is superb and the film avoids falling into the trap of sentimentalism that these films sometimes do.
A story for which Britain can be proud and ashamed in equal measure and well worth a watch.
I may be doing Keira a disservice, but isn't she the same in every film?
I'm a fan of Richard Linklater's films. I really enjoyed the "Before" series of films , which told the story of two people , in three films made over a period of 18 years. With Boyhood he's done the same kind of thing but in one film filmed over a period of 12 years and it really works well. Linklater shows that you don't need bangs or crashes , CGI or ridiculous plots to make a good film . You just need to be a good story teller. I expect this to pick up many awards in the next month or two , simply because this kind of film making is quite rare and at 2 hours 45 minutes it might test some peoples patience but because i have two boys growing up and i'm already a fan of the director, i really liked it.
The Foxcatcher: 9.5/10 Excellent film based on the true story of Mark Schultz (wrestler) and John Eleuthère du Pont. I expect to see Steve Carell possibly win the oscar for his role as John Eleuthère du Pont .........Go see folks.
Saw Birdman last week. Got to say I was a bit disappointed after all the hype. Acting was good, as you would expect from the cast, but not great and the film's story was weak.
Just OK for me 6/10 - it will be a shame if this film and it's leads win Oscars over The Theory of Everything and it's cast.
Best picture American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash
Best director Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman Richard Linklater – Boyhood Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game
Best actor Steve Carell – Foxcatcher Bradley Cooper – American Sniper Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game Michael Keaton – Birdman Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Best actress Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore – Still Alice Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl Reese Witherspoon – Wild
Best supporting actor Robert Duvall – The Judge Ethan Hawke – Boyhood Edward Norton – Birdman Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher JK Simmons – Whiplash
Best supporting actress Patricia Arquette – Boyhood Laura Dern – Wild Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game Emma Stone – Birdman Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Best original screenplay Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr and Armando Bo – Birdman Richard Linklater – Boyhood E Max Frye and Dan Futterman – Foxcatcher Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler
Saw Birdman last week. Got to say I was a bit disappointed after all the hype. Acting was good, as you would expect from the cast, but not great and the film's story was weak.
Just OK for me 6/10 - it will be a shame if this film and it's leads win Oscars over The Theory of Everything and it's cast.
I wasn't sure what to make of it - I would watch it again to see what I missed. But generally, I agree with you.
Like @Colthe3rd i'm really surprised Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't nominated for best actor or that Nighcrawler isn't nominated for best picture. This is a fascinating story involving one of the nastiest characters i have seen in a film for a long time. Gyllenhaal plays a man who films police incidents or road traffic accidents and sells them to a TV news company. It's is a darkly wonderful portrayal of how low some humans will stoop for money or to boost an ego. Rene Russo , who i'm not a great fan of , does a really good job too . Highly Recommended.
Saw Birdman last week. Got to say I was a bit disappointed after all the hype. Acting was good, as you would expect from the cast, but not great and the film's story was weak.
Just OK for me 6/10 - it will be a shame if this film and it's leads win Oscars over The Theory of Everything and it's cast.
I actually feel the opposite to you. I was disappointed by Theory of Everything, the acting was superb, as was the script, but that's the only positive I could find from it. Thought it was a rather flat interpretation of an inspirational story.
As for Birdman, in my view it was terrific, and the best film I've seen so far this year (Theory, Unbroken & Foxcatcher being the others). The script was pacy and fun. Cast all worked very well together. But it's Iñárritu that turns the film into a high contender for film of the year. The cleverness of the apparent continuous scenes, drifting from one conversation to another through multiple floors of the theatre.
Like @Colthe3rd i'm really surprised Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't nominated for best actor or that Nighcrawler isn't nominated for best picture. This is a fascinating story involving one of the nastiest characters i have seen in a film for a long time. Gyllenhaal plays a man who films police incidents or road traffic accidents and sells them to a TV news company. It's is a darkly wonderful portrayal of how low some humans will stoop for money or to boost an ego. Rene Russo , who i'm not a great fan of , does a really good job too . Highly Recommended.
Think I need to give it another watch. I was undecided after leaving the cinema on how good the film as a whole actually was but Gyllenhall was superb. A proper anti hero.
Saw American Sniper last night. Excellent Film directed by Clint Eastwood. I have family in the military who completely agree with the type of warfare depicted in this movie was accurate with actual warfare from their personal experience on tours. Such a great flick and highly recommended. Bradley Cooper will win the oscar for Best Actor by a landslide im sure of it now ...
Since 2004: 2004 Jamie Foxx - Ray 2005 Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote 2006 Forrest Whittaker - The Last King of Scotland 2008 Sean Penn - Milk 2010 Colin Firth - The King's Speech 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln 2013 Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
I'd fancy Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne are feeling pretty confident right about now.
Saw American Sniper last night. Excellent Film directed by Clint Eastwood. I have family in the military who completely agree with the type of warfare depicted in this movie was accurate with actual warfare from their personal experience on tours. Such a great flick and highly recommended. Bradley Cooper will win the oscar for Best Actor by a landslide im sure of it now ...
I can't see him wining it myself but the American's do love a film like this so you never know. Eddie Redmayne should win it for me but then again i haven't seen all the contenders .
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I'd fancy Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne are feeling pretty confident right about now.
What happened in 2007? and 2009? and 2011? and Last year? the skipping years make no sense unless, that is when all movies were sharted out of the studios with no distinguishable talent?
Since 2004: 2004 Jamie Foxx - Ray 2005 Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote 2006 Forrest Whittaker - The Last King of Scotland 2008 Sean Penn - Milk 2010 Colin Firth - The King's Speech 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln 2013 Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
I'd fancy Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne are feeling pretty confident right about now.
What happened in 2007? and 2009? and 2011? and Last year? the skipping years make no sense unless, that is when all movies were sharted out of the studios with no distinguishable talent?
11, Dujardin, The Artist 09, Bridges, Crazy Heart 07, Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood.
McConaughey won the oscar last year. Above is the year the film came out rather than the year they won the oscar.
Since 2004: 2004 Jamie Foxx - Ray 2005 Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote 2006 Forrest Whittaker - The Last King of Scotland 2008 Sean Penn - Milk 2010 Colin Firth - The King's Speech 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln 2013 Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
I'd fancy Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne are feeling pretty confident right about now.
What happened in 2007? and 2009? and 2011? and Last year? the skipping years make no sense unless, that is when all movies were sharted out of the studios with no distinguishable talent?
My point being, the roles they played were based on real people. 7 out of the last 10 winners is quite a high success rate.
Since 2004: 2004 Jamie Foxx - Ray 2005 Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote 2006 Forrest Whittaker - The Last King of Scotland 2008 Sean Penn - Milk 2010 Colin Firth - The King's Speech 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln 2013 Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
I'd fancy Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne are feeling pretty confident right about now.
What happened in 2007? and 2009? and 2011? and Last year? the skipping years make no sense unless, that is when all movies were sharted out of the studios with no distinguishable talent?
My point being, the roles they played were based on real people. 7 out of the last 10 winners is quite a high success rate.
Clearly it is a high success rate, but then if you look at the previous ten years from 04 and only two of the ten winners were based on real people.
I agree with you that Redmayne should be feeling confident though. I'll be watching American Sniper and Whiplash over the next few days, but at the moment he is the best actor performance I've seen from the nominations.
I understand that Chris Kyle is a hero in the eyes of the American people and he did do an important job but this film goes way over the top . In fact i wouldn't have been surprised if this had started with the commonly seen cartoon Marvel introduction , it's that sycophantic and it's no coincidence that this directed by Clint Eastwood. Bradley Cooper does a decent enough job , as does Sienna Miller and it does entertain if you can see through the stars and stripes. It's a shame that Eastwood didn't make this more of anti war movie because then this film could have worked but sadly this is just a pro American film made for Americans.
I saw the Paddington movie last night. It was actually way better than the awfull tráiler led me to expect. Very enjoyable, much more than the Penguins Madagascar film which I expected to be the better. One kick in the nuts was that we go to a cinema in Mataro as they sell a family ticket, but yesterday, we were told that a family ticket no longer applies to Warner Bros films. Some sort of domestic spat among the distributors? Whatever, it jacked up the price painfully.
Since 2004: 2004 Jamie Foxx - Ray 2005 Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote 2006 Forrest Whittaker - The Last King of Scotland 2008 Sean Penn - Milk 2010 Colin Firth - The King's Speech 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln 2013 Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
I'd fancy Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne are feeling pretty confident right about now.
What happened in 2007? and 2009? and 2011? and Last year? the skipping years make no sense unless, that is when all movies were sharted out of the studios with no distinguishable talent?
My point being, the roles they played were based on real people. 7 out of the last 10 winners is quite a high success rate.
Ahhh gotcha
and now Brad Cooper also has an oscar, seems you were on the money with another 'true story' winning.
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A story for which Britain can be proud and ashamed in equal measure and well worth a watch.
I'm a fan of Richard Linklater's films. I really enjoyed the "Before" series of films , which told the story of two people , in three films made over a period of 18 years. With Boyhood he's done the same kind of thing but in one film filmed over a period of 12 years and it really works well. Linklater shows that you don't need bangs or crashes , CGI or ridiculous plots to make a good film . You just need to be a good story teller. I expect this to pick up many awards in the next month or two , simply because this kind of film making is quite rare and at 2 hours 45 minutes it might test some peoples patience but because i have two boys growing up and i'm already a fan of the director, i really liked it.
8 out of 10
Full metal jacket meets fame.
9/10
Just OK for me 6/10 - it will be a shame if this film and it's leads win Oscars over The Theory of Everything and it's cast.
Best picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best director
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game
Best actor
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Best actress
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild
Best supporting actor
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
JK Simmons – Whiplash
Best supporting actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Laura Dern – Wild
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Best original screenplay
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr and Armando Bo – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
E Max Frye and Dan Futterman – Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler
Like @Colthe3rd i'm really surprised Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't nominated for best actor or that Nighcrawler isn't nominated for best picture. This is a fascinating story involving one of the nastiest characters i have seen in a film for a long time.
Gyllenhaal plays a man who films police incidents or road traffic accidents and sells them to a TV news company.
It's is a darkly wonderful portrayal of how low some humans will stoop for money or to boost an ego.
Rene Russo , who i'm not a great fan of , does a really good job too .
Highly Recommended.
9 out of 10
As for Birdman, in my view it was terrific, and the best film I've seen so far this year (Theory, Unbroken & Foxcatcher being the others). The script was pacy and fun. Cast all worked very well together. But it's Iñárritu that turns the film into a high contender for film of the year. The cleverness of the apparent continuous scenes, drifting from one conversation to another through multiple floors of the theatre.
Since 2004:
2004 Jamie Foxx - Ray
2005 Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
2006 Forrest Whittaker - The Last King of Scotland
2008 Sean Penn - Milk
2010 Colin Firth - The King's Speech
2012 Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
2013 Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
I'd fancy Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne are feeling pretty confident right about now.
09, Bridges, Crazy Heart
07, Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood.
McConaughey won the oscar last year. Above is the year the film came out rather than the year they won the oscar.
Billed as a black comedy, it struggles for laughs despite good performances. Glad we paid just a fiver each at the Peckham Plex.
I agree with you that Redmayne should be feeling confident though. I'll be watching American Sniper and Whiplash over the next few days, but at the moment he is the best actor performance I've seen from the nominations.
and now Brad Cooper also has an oscar, seems you were on the money with another 'true story' winning.